The European Union has imposed chemical weapons sanctions on nine Russian and Syrian officials, including the chief of Russia™s GRU military intelligence agency.
The European Union accuses those sanctioned of being responsible for chemical weapons attacks in Syria and for "possession, transport...

The dollar held near a two-week high on Monday, shrugging off concerns about weakening global growth and data showing China's economy slowed sharply in 2018.
The greenback has enjoyed its first weekly gain since mid-December, buoyed by hopes for a thaw in U.S.-China trade tensions and...

European stocks closed lower on Monday, after fresh data from China showed its economy grew at its slowest pace since 1990.
The pan-European Stoxx 600 index provisionally sank 0.26 percent, with most sectors and major bourses in the red.
Market players monitored news of slowing growth in the...

Andrew McCabe, the FBI's No. 2 official whom President Donald Trump publicly criticized for alleged political bias, stepped down from the bureau Monday, several weeks ahead of his retirement, an FBI...

The European Union has imposed chemical weapons sanctions on nine Russian and Syrian officials, including the chief of Russia™s GRU military intelligence agency.
The European Union accuses those sanctioned of being responsible for chemical weapons attacks in Syria and for "possession, transport and use" of the nerve agent used in poisoning Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter last year in Britain.
Russia has denied charges it was behind the nerve agent attack on the Skripals.
Source : VOA

The size and scope of Russia's efforts to interfere in the 2016 U.S. presidential election was far more extensive and thorough than previously understood, according to two newly released reports.
The reports that emerged this week support conclusions by the U.S. intelligence community ” and published in an unclassified January 2017 report ” that the goal of all of Russias meddling in the...

Global coal demand will edge higher until 2023 as growth in India and other Asian countries offsets a decline in Europe and the United States, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Tuesday.
Consumption of the fuel is expected to rise by an average of 0.2 percent a year from 5,355 million tonnes of coal equivalent (Mtce) in 2017 to 5,418 Mtce in 2023, the Paris-based agency said.
The...

The White House is denying Turkey's claim that President Donald Trump is thinking about extraditing wanted Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen back to Turkey.
"While meeting with (Turkish) President Erdogan at the G-20 (economic summit in Buenos Aires), the president did not commit to extradite Fethullah Gulen," a senior White House official said Monday.
Turkey's foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu...

Malaysia filed criminal charges Monday against subsidiaries of Goldman Sachs and two of its employees in connection with the investigation of corruption at the state-owned 1MDB investment fund.
A former 1MDB employee, Jasmine Loo Ai Swan, and financier Jho Low were also charged.
The Malaysian attorney general's office said Jasmine Loo Ai Swan and Jho Low conspired with Goldman Sachs employees...

Saudi Arabia has hit back at a U.S. Senate resolution to end U.S. military support for the war in Yemen and blame the Saudi crown prince for the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
"The Kingdom condemns the latest position of the U.S. Senate that was based on unsubstantiated allegations and rejects the blatant interference in its internal affairs," the foreign ministry said in a statement...

Shark numbers along the Queensland coast have declined by more than 90 percent for some species in the past five decades, according to new research that calls for better protection for threatened species in Australian waters.
Australia has 170 types of sharks out of about 440 species globally. Great white and grey nurse sharks are listed as threatened in Australian waters.
Researchers from the...

Anticipating a fifth straight weekend of violent protests, Paris police chief said Friday that armored vehicles and thousands of officers will be deployed again in the French capital.
Michel Delpuech told RTL radio that security services intend to deploy the same numbers and strength as last weekend, with about 8,000 officers and 14 armored vehicles again in Paris.
Delpuech said the biggest...

The Trump administration has unveiled a new strategy toward Africa, saying that U.S. interests and priorities must come first in all dealings with the continent.
U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton outlined at the new strategy in Washington Thursday.
He said trade and commercial ties must benefit both the U.S. and African countries. And he said the U.S. will no longer provide...

British Prime Minister Theresa May goes back to Brussels on Thursday, seeking concessions in the unpopular agreement to withdraw Britain from the European Union after she survived a no-confidence vote.
May is meeting with EU leaders for the second time this week in order to try to save the Brexit deal after she halted a House of Commons vote that was widely expected to result in a rejection of...

Congress on Wednesday gave final passage to legislation that would Kongres Akan Larang Sabung Ayam di Teritorial AS shut down legal cockfights in U.S. territories including Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, ending an institution dating from the colonial era that generates millions of dollars each year.
Opponents of the measure approved by the House said it will have a devastating effect...

The European Union has imposed chemical weapons sanctions on nine Russian and Syrian officials, including the chief of Russia™s GRU military intelligence agency.
The European Union accuses those sanctioned of being responsible for chemical weapons attacks in Syria and for "possession, transport...

The dollar held near a two-week high on Monday, shrugging off concerns about weakening global growth and data showing China's economy slowed sharply in 2018.
The greenback has enjoyed its first weekly gain since mid-December, buoyed by hopes for a thaw in U.S.-China trade tensions and...

European stocks closed lower on Monday, after fresh data from China showed its economy grew at its slowest pace since 1990.
The pan-European Stoxx 600 index provisionally sank 0.26 percent, with most sectors and major bourses in the red.
Market players monitored news of slowing growth in the...

Andrew McCabe, the FBI's No. 2 official whom President Donald Trump publicly criticized for alleged political bias, stepped down from the bureau Monday, several weeks ahead of his retirement, an FBI...